Quality News: Hacker News Rankings

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More NIH workers laid off, including cuts at the National Cancer Institute (fiercebiotech.com)

×4.22 66 | 13 points by bbzjk7 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
USS Truman loses second plane in a week (cnn.com)

×6.71 53 | 17 points by bandrami 3 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs (micahflee.com)

×5.21 41 #50 | 215 points by micahflee 8 hours ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Evolving OpenAI's Structure (openai.com)

×2.50 35 | 591 points by rohitpaulk 1 day ago | 648 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The DEA is now abandoning body cameras (propublica.org)

×5.02 44 #49 | 109 points by bookofjoe 5 hours ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Real-time AI Voice Chat at ~500ms Latency (github.com/KoljaB)

×2.52 34 | 495 points by koljab 1 day ago | 214 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Getting things “done” in large tech companies (seangoedecke.com)

×3.20 30 #62 | 282 points by swah 17 hours ago | 194 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Curl: We still have not seen a valid security report done with AI help (linkedin.com)

×6.23 30 #40 | 378 points by indigodaddy 11 hours ago | 198 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Uber CEO says changing employee benefits 'is a risk we decided to take' (cnbc.com)

×4.37 39 | 9 points by donsupreme 3 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI Slop Is Polluting Bug Bounty Platforms with Fake Vulnerability Reports (socket.dev)

×4.34 37 | 9 points by feross 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI of Dead Road Rage Victim Addresses Killer in Court (theguardian.com)

×3.23 36 #86 | 11 points by hdk 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024) (yaakov.online)

×2.48 23 #87 | 423 points by birdculture 1 day ago | 325 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots (techcrunch.com)

×2.83 42 | 6 points by badmonster 2 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I'd rather read the prompt (claytonwramsey.com)

×5.67 22 #90 | 1374 points by claytonwramsey 2 days ago | 832 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Preparing for when the machine stops (idiallo.com)

×1.75 26 #61 | 66 points by foxfired 8 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Usenix Announces the Discontinuation of ATC Conference (usenix.org)

×2.89 45 | 5 points by septicmk 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The curse of knowing how, or; fixing everything (notashelf.dev)

×4.77 21 #37 | 1009 points by Lunar5227 22 hours ago | 405 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How climate change is raising your electricity bill (theclimatebrink.com)

×2.50 47 | 4 points by adrianN 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Death of Daydreaming (afterbabel.com)

×4.30 18 #85 | 647 points by isolli 1 day ago | 257 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Spyware maker NSO ordered to pay $167M for hacking WhatsApp (washingtonpost.com)

×2.81 26 | 7 points by elies 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Creativity came to pass (vale.rocks)

×1.18 22 #48 | 28 points by clacker-o-matic 4 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
White House “Accelerating” Nuclear Power With Executive Orders (axios.com)

×2.75 26 #46 | 16 points by CGMthrowaway 2 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Memory-safe sudo to become the default in Ubuntu (trifectatech.org)

×2.18 16 #59 | 193 points by jnsgruk 17 hours ago | 217 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
iOS Kindle app now has a ‘get book’ button after changes to App Store rules (theverge.com)

×2.58 17 #31 | 154 points by diversion 8 hours ago | 144 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Technical analysis of the Signal clone used by Trump officials (micahflee.com)

×4.14 14 #84 | 788 points by micahflee 1 day ago | 323 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Running Windows.exe on a Linux Brain: The Sysadmin's Guide to Neurodivergence (leantime.io)

×4.23 20 | 8 points by leantime-io 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Sneakers (1992) – 4K makeover sourced from the original camera negative (blu-ray.com)

×2.14 14 #53 | 380 points by bredren 22 hours ago | 263 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Meta faces lawsuit that could dismantle it (unionrayo.com)

×2.77 21 #42 | 17 points by nreece 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Jury orders NSO to pay $167M for hacking WhatsApp users (arstechnica.com)

×3.66 18 #21 | 91 points by Bender 4 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Study suggests we don't just hear music, but 'become it' (sciencedaily.com)

×1.86 33 | 3 points by OutOfHere 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
EPA Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program (nytimes.com)

×5.96 17 #18 | 112 points by danso 3 hours ago | 70 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Corpspeak: Infinite Corporate BS Generator (lurkertech.com)

×1.93 22 | 4 points by mesarvagya 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
WeightWatchers Files for Bankruptcy (abc7.com)

×2.54 16 #56 | 15 points by lxm 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
NSO Group must pay more than $167M in damages to WhatsApp for spyware campaign (techcrunch.com)

×3.20 15 | 7 points by impish9208 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Novel High Resolution 3D Printing Method for Metals and Ceramics [video] (youtube.com)

×1.56 16 #77 | 7 points by grugagag 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir (reuters.com)

×6.02 12 #19 | 204 points by alephnerd 8 hours ago | 156 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I made 4000 agent calls in Cursor last month. Each model has a personality

×1.81 25 | 3 points by mike210 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (googleblog.com)

×4.24 9 #17 | 532 points by meetpateltech 13 hours ago | 488 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Inside an architect's underground home in Mexico City [video] (youtube.com)

×0.97 9 #45 | 14 points by kaycebasques 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hugo Administrators Resign in Wake of ChatGPT Controversy (gizmodo.com)

×2.40 13 #47 | 6 points by doctoboggan 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years (wired.com)

×1.58 12 | 3 points by JohnTHaller 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Navigating Burnout (lesswrong.com)

×2.05 6 #89 | 11 points by sundarurfriend 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Scaling Python task queues is hard (judoscale.com)

×2.11 7 | 5 points by wordsaboutcode 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Scientists discover new way to convert corn waste to low-cost sugar for biofuel (wsu.edu)

×1.03 5 #64 | 34 points by gnabgib 8 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
FTC rule on unfair or deceptive fees to take effect on May 12 (ftc.gov)

×2.10 6 #8 | 110 points by impish9208 4 hours ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Microsoft Unveils Smaller Surfaces (engadget.com)

×1.65 6 #83 | 5 points by xgdgsc 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Effects of lifestyle changes on cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's (2024) (biomedcentral.com)

×1.50 2 | 5 points by chillpenguin 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
As an experienced LLM user, I don't use generative LLMs often (minimaxir.com)

×2.62 1 #82 | 372 points by minimaxir 1 day ago | 203 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
VVVVVV Source Code (github.com/TerryCavanagh)

×2.65 1 #7 | 109 points by radeeyate 5 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Valve Releases Updated Proton 10.0 Beta for Testing (phoronix.com)

×2.51 1 | 6 points by Bender 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???